GM's thread about nothing (33 Viewers)

[shuke]

Sorry shuke

Plenty of baseball left.

Also, do you remember where you were the last time the Brewers won the World Series? Oh, wait...

 

[General Malaise]

Keep in mind that my wife is Filipina - so dog?

Dogs in a blanket.

 

[Leeroy Jenkins]

Do anti-pancake people also frown on doughnuts and coffee cake? I'm not saying they are part if a nutritious breakfast by any means, but they are good and generally eaten as/with breakfast.

 

[FDAS]

Sorry shuke

Plenty of baseball left.

Also, do you remember where you were the last time the Brewers won the World Series? Oh, wait...

Somewhere Ben Ogilvie weeps

 

[General Malaise]

Sorry shuke

Plenty of baseball left.

Also, do you remember where you were the last time the Brewers won the World Series? Oh, wait...

Sick burn

 

[shuke]

My dad had a colonscopy last week and had some polyps removed. He was still bleeding the next day so went back in for another procedure. Woke up this morning bleeding pretty bad so went to the hospital. He had what is being called a mild seizure following a enema they gave him. He went in for another procedure and they can't find the bleeding.

He's staying overnight at the hospital, doing better. I guess they want him to start bleeding again so they can give him a dye to help pinpoint the location. TPW welcome.

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

Glll and TPW to ShukeDad.

 

[General Malaise]

Do anti-pancake people also frown on doughnuts and coffee cake? I'm not saying they are part if a nutritious breakfast by any means, but they are good and generally eaten as/with breakfast.

I had a donut on Saturday. Bought a 12 pack from Krispy Kreme for all the kids and ate a banana cream donut that was on special. It was good. Better than syrup.

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

Throps

 

[General Malaise]

My dad had a colonscopy last week and had some polyps removed. He was still bleeding the next day so went back in for another procedure. Woke up this morning bleeding pretty bad so went to the hospital. He had what is being called a mild seizure following a enema they gave him. He went in for another procedure and they can't find the bleeding.

He's staying overnight at the hospital, doing better. I guess they want him to start bleeding again so they can give him a dye to help pinpoint the location. TPW welcome.

Oh man, sorry to hear but hoping it's not serious.

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

Krispy Kreme? why not just eat cotton candy for breakfast?

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

 

[bentley]

My dad had a colonscopy last week and had some polyps removed. He was still bleeding the next day so went back in for another procedure. Woke up this morning bleeding pretty bad so went to the hospital. He had what is being called a mild seizure following a enema they gave him. He went in for another procedure and they can't find the bleeding.

He's staying overnight at the hospital, doing better. I guess they want him to start bleeding again so they can give him a dye to help pinpoint the location. TPW welcome.

TPW man.

 

[Captain Quinoa]

Food snobs - I plan on surprising my wife for her birthday by staying home from work and cooking. What's the most pretentious meal I can prepare?

Oysters Rockefeller and beef wellington

 

[Henry Ford]

Food snobs - I plan on surprising my wife for her birthday by staying home from work and cooking. What's the most pretentious meal I can prepare?

Something with foie gras

 

[Henry Ford]

My dad had a colonscopy last week and had some polyps removed. He was still bleeding the next day so went back in for another procedure. Woke up this morning bleeding pretty bad so went to the hospital. He had what is being called a mild seizure following a enema they gave him. He went in for another procedure and they can't find the bleeding.

He's staying overnight at the hospital, doing better. I guess they want him to start bleeding again so they can give him a dye to help pinpoint the location. TPW welcome.

Yeesh. Sorry man.

 

[bostonfred]

Food snobs - I plan on surprising my wife for her birthday by staying home from work and cooking. What's the most pretentious meal I can prepare?

lots of newcomers to this space but beef wellington is still the gold standard imo.

are you looking for the best meal you are personally able to prepare, or the one that sounds most pretentious even though you're going to suck at making it? if it's the latter, there's lots of great stuff you can prepare that sounds really fancy but isn't complicated at all. you can make this three course meal on the grill.

start with a fruit course of grilled pears wrapped in prosciutto with warm, sharp cheddar, grilled pineapple. cut the pears lengthwise, and cut out any seeds. do the same with the pineapple. turn the grill to medium low and cook until they soften. they should have grill marks. put it on a plate, lay a piece of sharp cheddar cheese on it, and wrap it up with a slice of prosciutto. you can do the same thing with the pineapple - cook it till it gets grill marks - and you can wrap it in prosciutto if you want, but that's not necessary. the grill brings the sugar out and makes it really pop.

get a bottle of white wine. tell the guy at the store you want something "fruit forward" that costs less than 20 bucks.

for an entree try balsamic glazed salmon. sounds really fancy, but most grocery stores have salmon already marinated, and if they don't, here's the secret: get a piece of salmon, and put some balsamic vinegar on it. store bought marinated is better if you don't already have balsamic vinegar in the house. easy enough to cook - take a piece of aluminum foil, put a little olive oil or whatever non-motor non-sex oil you have in the house on the foil and if there's skin on the salmon, put it skin side down. cook until it stops looking so juicy and some white jizz shows up on top. if you rub a fork across your piece, it should pull flakes off, not squish in.

as a side, you can roast vegetables. don't do asparagus if you want her to blow you. try dicing up some sweet potatoes and red potatoes, maybe some butternut squash or summer squash. take another piece of aluminum foil, put some olive oil on it, and sprinkle with some spices - onion powder, garlic powder, black pepper and sea salt is a pretty good combination, but you can try some grated parmesan cheese or rosemary or parsley or anything really, if you have anything like that in the spice rack you're on the right track. wrap the foil around them and rub it around a little so the oil and spices spread evenly over the veggies. it takes about 30 minutes for the potatoes to cook, you can tell they're done when some of them are getting black and the rest are nice and soft.

for a dessert, cut the stems off a bunch of strawberries and put the berries on a piece of aluminum foil. then put a bunch of hershey squares, or ghirardellis, or whatever chocolate she likes, in the foil. fold the foil around it and throw the whole packet on the grill for a minute. take it off, open the packet, and leave the foil on the grill on low. stab the strawberries with toothpicks, rub chocolate all over them, and put them back on the foil. take them off and let the chocolate set. serve with ice cream or lemon sorbet.

wine, sorbet, fish, vegetables, appetizer and dessert, that should run you 40, maybe 50 bucks tops. less than taking her out for dinner and drinks at applebees.

 

[shuke]

Thanks guys. I don't think it's too serious. I think I freaked out more when my mom called me at work because when she first said seizure I was immediately thinking stroke or something. It was probably due to dehydration. I guess they had a bedside toilet for him to do his business and he was very uncomfortable and close to fainting. My mom said that he went catatonic for a few seconds and wouldn't respond.

 

[Guster]

My dad had a colonscopy last week and had some polyps removed. He was still bleeding the next day so went back in for another procedure. Woke up this morning bleeding pretty bad so went to the hospital. He had what is being called a mild seizure following a enema they gave him. He went in for another procedure and they can't find the bleeding.

He's staying overnight at the hospital, doing better. I guess they want him to start bleeding again so they can give him a dye to help pinpoint the location. TPW welcome.

Oh man, sorry to hear but hoping it's not serious.

 

[bostonfred]

i took a crap the other day and it was black and i freaked the #### out. i know red means you might have a roid or maybe you ate beets so don't freak out right away, but i thought black meant you were dying. i seriously almost threw up on the empty package of oreos in the trash can.

 

[Mr.Pack]

Sorry shuke

Plenty of baseball left.

Also, do you remember where you were the last time the Brewers won the World Series? Oh, wait...

Sick burn

We still have the Packers. When was the last time the Bengals won the Super Bowl?!

Double burn!

 

[Mr.Pack]

My dad had a colonscopy last week and had some polyps removed. He was still bleeding the next day so went back in for another procedure. Woke up this morning bleeding pretty bad so went to the hospital. He had what is being called a mild seizure following a enema they gave him. He went in for another procedure and they can't find the bleeding.

He's staying overnight at the hospital, doing better. I guess they want him to start bleeding again so they can give him a dye to help pinpoint the location. TPW welcome.

Thoughts and prayers GB shuke

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Neighbor boy brought us homemade samosas

 

[krista4]

There's some sort of Milwaukee-Cincinnati rivalry now? Yikes.

TPW to shukedad.

 

[krista4]

Neighbor boy brought us homemade samosas

Can I buy your house?

 

[ScottNorwood]

Food snobs - I plan on surprising my wife for her birthday by staying home from work and cooking. What's the most pretentious meal I can prepare?

lots of newcomers to this space but beef wellington is still the gold standard imo.

are you looking for the best meal you are personally able to prepare, or the one that sounds most pretentious even though you're going to suck at making it? if it's the latter, there's lots of great stuff you can prepare that sounds really fancy but isn't complicated at all. you can make this three course meal on the grill.

start with a fruit course of grilled pears wrapped in prosciutto with warm, sharp cheddar, grilled pineapple. cut the pears lengthwise, and cut out any seeds. do the same with the pineapple. turn the grill to medium low and cook until they soften. they should have grill marks. put it on a plate, lay a piece of sharp cheddar cheese on it, and wrap it up with a slice of prosciutto. you can do the same thing with the pineapple - cook it till it gets grill marks - and you can wrap it in prosciutto if you want, but that's not necessary. the grill brings the sugar out and makes it really pop.

get a bottle of white wine. tell the guy at the store you want something "fruit forward" that costs less than 20 bucks.

for an entree try balsamic glazed salmon. sounds really fancy, but most grocery stores have salmon already marinated, and if they don't, here's the secret: get a piece of salmon, and put some balsamic vinegar on it. store bought marinated is better if you don't already have balsamic vinegar in the house. easy enough to cook - take a piece of aluminum foil, put a little olive oil or whatever non-motor non-sex oil you have in the house on the foil and if there's skin on the salmon, put it skin side down. cook until it stops looking so juicy and some white jizz shows up on top. if you rub a fork across your piece, it should pull flakes off, not squish in.

as a side, you can roast vegetables. don't do asparagus if you want her to blow you. try dicing up some sweet potatoes and red potatoes, maybe some butternut squash or summer squash. take another piece of aluminum foil, put some olive oil on it, and sprinkle with some spices - onion powder, garlic powder, black pepper and sea salt is a pretty good combination, but you can try some grated parmesan cheese or rosemary or parsley or anything really, if you have anything like that in the spice rack you're on the right track. wrap the foil around them and rub it around a little so the oil and spices spread evenly over the veggies. it takes about 30 minutes for the potatoes to cook, you can tell they're done when some of them are getting black and the rest are nice and soft.

for a dessert, cut the stems off a bunch of strawberries and put the berries on a piece of aluminum foil. then put a bunch of hershey squares, or ghirardellis, or whatever chocolate she likes, in the foil. fold the foil around it and throw the whole packet on the grill for a minute. take it off, open the packet, and leave the foil on the grill on low. stab the strawberries with toothpicks, rub chocolate all over them, and put them back on the foil. take them off and let the chocolate set. serve with ice cream or lemon sorbet.

wine, sorbet, fish, vegetables, appetizer and dessert, that should run you 40, maybe 50 bucks tops. less than taking her out for dinner and drinks at applebees.

Is the salmon jizz to try to get her in the mood?

Great stuff bfred. The apps sound great. We do something simliar to the salmon dish nearly every week, so I'm thinking of something with a slightly higher degree of difficulty. Maybe lobster risotto. She loves any kind of seafood.

If I go roasted vegetables, it'll be brussel sprouts - her favorite. Salt, pepper and a little squeeze of lemon.

 

[ScottNorwood]

Maybe scallops. I can't think of a more pretentious food than that.

I could try homemade sushi too, but I'm probably setting myself up for a big fail.

 

[ScottNorwood]

Neighbor boy brought us homemade samosas

Can I buy your house?

By far my favorite girl scout cookie

 

[krista4]

Speaking of houses, based on an extremely relevant comp sale two weeks ago, my Seattle abode has increased in value over 25%...since February. Guise, the good lord just doesn't want me NOT to sell this house.

 

[krista4]

Maybe scallops. I can't think of a more pretentious food than that.

I could try homemade sushi too, but I'm probably setting myself up for a big fail.

What's your favorite way to cook scallops?

Do you like shelves?

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

There's some sort of Milwaukee-Cincinnati rivalry now? Yikes.

TPW to shukedad.

How do those cities fall short in your eyes?

 

[ScottNorwood]

Maybe scallops. I can't think of a more pretentious food than that.

I could try homemade sushi too, but I'm probably setting myself up for a big fail.

What's your favorite way to cook scallops?

Do you like shelves?

Did she just wheelhouse me? ME? The king of wheelhousing?!?!?

Maybe scallops. I can't think of a more pretentious food than that.

I could try homemade sushi too, but I'm probably setting myself up for a big fail.

What's your favorite way to cook scallops?

Do you like shelves?

If you had to cook a birthday dinner for your wife, which apron would you wear - blue or yellow?

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Neighbor boy brought us homemade samosas

Can I buy your house?

Yes

Spoiler

it's worth about half of what I owe on it

 

[ScottNorwood]

Not sure what happened in that last post. I'm drunk.

 

[krista4]

There's some sort of Milwaukee-Cincinnati rivalry now? Yikes.

TPW to shukedad.

How do those cities fall short in your eyes?

I like both cities. Cincinnati is a bit too conservative for me, but other than that I've got nothing.

 

[Dan Lambskin]

I think Krista agreed to pay full price for my house to get samosas

 

[Guster]

Watching Adam-12 and drinking bourbon

 

[krista4]

I think Krista agreed to pay full price for my house to get samosas

Great samosas can be hard to find. They were great, right?

 

[Binky The Doormat]

Maybe scallops. I can't think of a more pretentious food than that.

I could try homemade sushi too, but I'm probably setting myself up for a big fail.

I have never heard of scallops as being pretentious. Ever, under any circumstances.

They didn't do #### to you.

 

[Dan Lambskin]

I think Krista agreed to pay full price for my house to get samosas

Great samosas can be hard to find. They were great, right?

The best I've ever had

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

There's some sort of Milwaukee-Cincinnati rivalry now? Yikes.

TPW to shukedad.

How do those cities fall short in your eyes?

I like both cities. Cincinnati is a bit too conservative for me, but other than that I've got nothing.

Was hoping you'd fall into my trap but alas, I wasn't very subtle.

 

[ScottNorwood]

Maybe scallops. I can't think of a more pretentious food than that.

I could try homemade sushi too, but I'm probably setting myself up for a big fail.

I have never heard of scallops as being pretentious. Ever, under any circumstances.

They didn't do #### to you.

Those mollusks are smug as hell. So proud of themselves for being round and white.

 

[krista4]

There's some sort of Milwaukee-Cincinnati rivalry now? Yikes.

TPW to shukedad.

How do those cities fall short in your eyes?

I like both cities. Cincinnati is a bit too conservative for me, but other than that I've got nothing.

Was hoping you'd fall into my trap but alas, I wasn't very subtle.

I loved occasional trips to Milwaukee when living in Chicago. It's a great city with great people. With only one exception I can think of, I've never come across anyone from anywhere in Wisconsin who wasn't pretty awesome.

Cincinnati is underrated for physical beauty IMO, and I've been a Reds fan since we had season tickets when I was growing up. Some of my best family memories as a kid involve Reds games.

Now don't get me started in Minnesota, though--what a wasteland.

 

[krista4]

There's some sort of Milwaukee-Cincinnati rivalry now? Yikes.

TPW to shukedad.

How do those cities fall short in your eyes?

I like both cities. Cincinnati is a bit too conservative for me, but other than that I've got nothing.

Was hoping you'd fall into my trap but alas, I wasn't very subtle.

I loved occasional trips to Milwaukee when living in Chicago. It's a great city with great people. With only one exception I can think of, I've never come across anyone from anywhere in Wisconsin who wasn't pretty awesome.

Cincinnati is underrated for physical beauty IMO, and I've been a Reds fan since we had season tickets when I was growing up. Some of my best family memories as a kid involve Reds games.

Now don't get me started in Minnesota, though--what a wasteland.

Just kidding; have never been to MN other than the MSP airport.

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

Dammit!

 

[krista4]

Maybe scallops. I can't think of a more pretentious food than that.

I could try homemade sushi too, but I'm probably setting myself up for a big fail.

I have never heard of scallops as being pretentious. Ever, under any circumstances.

They didn't do #### to you.

Those mollusks are smug as hell. So proud of themselves for being round and white.

Aren't we all. Aren't we all.

 

[bostonfred]

So proud of themselves for being round and white.

Aren't we all. Aren't we all.

so ####### hot

 

[bentley]

Here's my latest house update. Sellers had 3 offers at full price. They picked us. This week the appraisal came in 30k low. We offered 25k less than original offer and they took it. Good for me, I think. Need a real estate mogul to weigh in.

 

[Ignoramus]

Oh and to answer the question of "worst American adult beverage", the answer is unequivocally Great America's " Carolina Clear". Bills itself as a "Malt Substitute Beer". I was dared to finish one. I could not. I'll drink just about anything. Not this.

You've obviously never tried Malort.http://www.thrillist.com/drink/chicago/14-things-you-didn-t-know-about-malort-thrillist-chicago

I am NOT drinking any ####### malort!

 

[bostonfred]

Great stuff bfred. The apps sound great. We do something simliar to the salmon dish nearly every week, so I'm thinking of something with a slightly higher degree of difficulty. Maybe lobster risotto. She loves any kind of seafood.

If I go roasted vegetables, it'll be brussel sprouts - her favorite. Salt, pepper and a little squeeze of lemon.

I wouldn't do risotto unless its really her favorite. Way too much work for the payoff, assuming you actually get it right, because its so easy to screw up. It takes constant attention which is a huge pain in the ###. And you have to cook it indoors, which means a hot kitchen which means a cranky wife. At least in my house. But I love risotto and lobster so if thats her thing then good luck. Try using some chicken stock once you've added some seafood stock. Gives it a nice flavor imo. Another relatively easy dessert on the fruit/seafood/white wine theme:

http://www.rachaelraymag.com/recipes/rachael-ray-magazine-recipe-search/dessert-recipes/raspberry-lemon-shortbread-tart

Its a little more prep time but the actual work is pretty easy.